Matilda - Miss Honey and The Trunchbull

As the instructor reads aloud several quotes from five chapters of the story Matilda, class members mime their interpretation of the scenes. Then, after reading "Miss Honey" and "The Trenchbull" (chapters seven and eight), the class previews several pictures—from a porcelain figure to a rhinoceros—and discusses how each picture effectively describes both characters. Lastly, readers brainstorm a list of words that are synonyms for eating and another list for dangerous animals to demonstrate Dahl's use of figurative language and mixing of words throughout the story.